[FC1] Suddenly started getting strange things with yum update

[John Lagrue]

jludwig wrote:

>
>If I remember correctly this is standard yum. 
>
>If a server is too busy, down, is in the process of being updated or
>such , these are common messages.
>
>What will happen is yum will retry the site (default 20 set lower, to
>say 3). After this it will try another site (in /etc/yum.conf) of exit
>with an error.
>  
>
I know that. But if you look again at my original email yum gets the 
same file 6 times first - from the same server! Only then does it fail.

Any further thoughts?

JDL